100 people have gathered in Clonmoylan and Barroughter bogs in county Galway to support those who have been cutting turf through the night.

This weekend marks the second consectutive weekend the 2 bogs have been worked on by campaigners who are opposing an EU directive banning cutting in Special Areas of Conservation.

Spokesperson for Clonmoylan and Barroughter Bogs Action Group, Dermot Moran, told midlands 103 they don't feel they are doing anything wrong: